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LAUSD shakes up a highly praised academic initiative, angering parents and teachers

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles public school program that officials portrayed as a major success for helping struggling young students improve academically is being substantially dismantled by Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who says it's too costly and not particularly effective.

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LA teachers win 21% wage increase in tentative contract pact with school district

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles school district and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement that provides a 21% wage increase over about three years, averting the potential of a second strike this school year.

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LA schools pitched students an expensive experiment to get higher grades. Most turned it down

LOS ANGELES — Despite failing every class — or because of it — Rebbeca Avelino, a 14-year-old eighth grader, wanted time off from school during spring break. But history teacher Lorraine Escalante pressed her to attend two "acceleration days" in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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Los Angeles schools, union leaders reach deal after strike

The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders say they have reached a deal on a new contract for workers after a strike that shut down the nation’s second-largest school system for three days

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LA Unified School District and union workers who led massive strike reach tentative agreement

LOS ANGELES — A tentative agreement has been reached to end the protracted contract dispute that shut down Los Angeles public schools for three days, officials announced Friday afternoon.

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Robin Abcarian: Another LA schools strike — it's hell on families, but workers had no choice

Two hours before sunrise Tuesday, what should have been an empty sidewalk outside the LAUSD Van Nuys bus yard on Roscoe Boulevard was bustling.

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LAUSD’s $4.9 Billion Question

The district’s massive cash reserve could cover the demands of striking workers. There is a way, but is there the will?

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Mayor Karen Bass mediating LAUSD strike; union has not ruled out a second walkout at later date

LOS ANGELES — As a strike that has shut down Los Angeles public schools continues into a second day — and with the possibility of future walkouts a reality — Mayor Karen Bass has stepped in to talk with union and school district leaders to offer “assistance and support,” the…

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LA school workers and teachers rejoin pickets for Day 2 of strike as schools remain closed

LOS ANGELES — A mammoth strike led by Los Angeles Unified’s lowest-paid workers and supported by teachers kept district campuses closed Wednesday, as the second day of a three-day walkout brought throngs of staff and teachers back to the picket lines.

Los Angeles Times

Massive strike shutters LAUSD as a sea of workers seeking higher wages rallies downtown

LOS ANGELES — The start of a massive three-day strike led by the lowest paid public school workers and supported by teachers shut down Los Angeles campuses Tuesday amid a fierce morning storm, sent parents scrambling for child care and meals and brought thousands of picketers to campuses and a…

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Massive strike shutters LAUSD, canceling class for 420,000 students as picketers brave the rain

LOS ANGELES — A massive three-day strike calling for better wages and working conditions for some of Los Angeles public schools’ lowest-paid employees — bus drivers, custodians, special education assistants, cafeteria workers and others — began with a rainy start Tuesday, though picketers tried to keep the energy high despite…

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‘We’re Doing Jobs it Should Take Three People to Do.’

LAUSD bus driver says their three-day strike is about both pay and working conditions.

Capital & Main

Demonstrations, protests mark first day of LA school strike

Support staff in the nation's second-largest school district walked out over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers joined them in support.

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Los Angeles schools close for 3 days as workers across 2nd largest U.S. district strike

Tens of thousands teachers and other education staff are part of the strike.

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Editorial: A strike that shuts down schools is bad for Los Angeles

Contract negotiations between the union representing cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other low-wage workers at Los Angeles Unified and district officials have stalled after nearly a year, and now the 30,000 SEIU Local 99 employees are planning a three-day strike beginning Tuesday. If they do, it could shut down all…

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Q&A: Strike set at LA schools: What parents and students need to know

LOS ANGELES — A three-day walkout planned by Los Angeles Unified School District teachers and school staff is looming and set for next week.

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Massive 3-day LA Unified teacher and staff strike set for Tuesday, closing all schools

LOS ANGELES — A three-day strike that would shut down Los Angeles public schools is scheduled to start Tuesday, union leaders announced Wednesday during a massive downtown rally by the district’s two largest employee groups.

Los Angeles Times

LA Unified School District says it can meet ‘24/7’ with union to avoid three-day strike and school shutdowns

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said Wednesday morning that he and district negotiators are prepared to meet around the clock to avert a planned three-day strike by unions representing teachers and campus support staff.

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Los Angeles teachers, other workers plan massive 3-day strike as labor woes explode

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles teachers union plans to join an anticipated three-day strike — possibly within two weeks — with thousands of L.A. Unified's non-teaching workers, actions that would likely shut down schools in an explosion of labor discontent.

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Graffiti, vaping, sextortion, drugs: A new school app can report school safety issues

LOS ANGELES — Graffiti. A broken window or compromised fence. Vaping in the bathroom. A sextortion threat. A student who talked about bringing a weapon to class.

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3 years since the pandemic wrecked attendance, kids still aren't showing up to school

By some estimates, chronic absenteeism doubled during the pandemic. Now, about halfway through the most "normal" school year since 2020, the situation hasn't improved in many places.

Los Angeles Times

What an off-the-radar teachers union election means for the education of LA children

LOS ANGELES — When LA schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho wanted to extend the academic year, the teachers union stopped him. When his predecessor, Austin Beutner, wanted more live Zoom teaching during the pandemic, the union also stopped him. And when the district was preparing to reopen campuses for in-person learning,…

Los Angeles Times

He's bold, camera ready and loves Twitter, but has LA's schools chief uplifted students?

LOS ANGELES — Exhilarated, he proclaimed "I love LAUSD" in sign language during a 125-mph skydive in a Twitter video. He posed on horseback in Topanga Canyon because connecting with nature is "indispensable to the holistic education of our students." He has stood alongside Dr. Dre, George Clooney, Los Angeles…

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LAUSD bus drivers, food workers, teacher aides give union OK to call strike if talks fail

LOS ANGELES — Members of the union that represents most nonteaching employees in Los Angeles schools — cafeteria workers, custodians and teacher assistants — have overwhelmingly voted to allow their leaders to call a strike if negotiations don't lead to an agreement.

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Can the education of LA students be saved? About 27,000 mentors are needed to try

LOS ANGELES — He was a fourth-grade student from a poor, working-class family, whose siblings did not finish high school. She was a high-achieving 11th grader so turned off by school that she was about to ditch her senior year.

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